coreutils/tests/cp/proc-zero-len.sh

#!/bin/sh
# Ensure that cp copies contents of non-empty "regular" file with st_size==0

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. "${srcdir=.}/tests/init.sh"; path_prepend_ ./src
print_ver_ cp

touch empty || framework_failure_

f=/proc/cpuinfo
test -r $f || f=empty

cat $f > out || fail=1

# With coreutils-6.9, this would create a zero-length "exp" file.
# Skip this test on architectures like aarch64 where the inode
# number of the file changed during the cp run.
cp $f exp 2>err \
  || { fail=1;
       grep 'replaced while being copied' \
         && skip_ "File $f is being replaced while being copied"; }

# Don't simply compare contents; they might differ,
# e.g., if CPU freq changes between cat and cp invocations.
# Instead, simply compare whether they're both nonempty.
test -s out \
  && { rm -f out; echo nonempty > out; }
test -s exp \
  && { rm -f exp; echo nonempty > exp; }

compare exp out || fail=1

Exit $fail